I am a big Lager fan but I do understand what you are saying, and there are some good ones out there for sure. My advice would be to enjoy a Lager strictly for what it is and don't try to compare its flavor profile to anything you would find in an Ale.

I couldn't agree more, I took a break from IPA's and drank a lot of stouts for a couple of weeks and it was like my taste buds reset in time to be fried again by Hopslam, Palate Wrecker and Double Crooked Tree.

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Double Crooked Tree........Damn if this isn't one of the biggest,baddest,most beautiful DIPA's.So infrequently mentioned here, and yet it puts beers like Hypeslam and Aunt Jemima's 120min to shame! Of course,that's just like ,my opinion man!

I'm not sure what you will have access to but since you specifically mentioned hops, here are a few that I know of: Sam Adams Double Agent IPL, Victory Prima Pils, Sixpoint The Crisp. And I haven't had the one PatriotsRule mentioned yet but I hear good things about it: